Total Crime Rate

14.6 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 14.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.6 5/10
  • Other theft 3.6 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.6 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bembridge Street area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 103 local areas in Hanover & Elm Grove , and the 60th lowest crime rate of 815 local areas in Brighton and Hove .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bembridge Street (BN2 3LN) in the last 12 months was 14.6 per 1,000 residents and was 76.9% lower than the Hanover & Elm Grove average (62.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Bicycle theft with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -87.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -88.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 26.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bembridge Street (BN2 3LN), the main crime hotspot is near Inverness Road. Police recorded 85 crimes here, including 56 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bembridge Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Fairlight Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Melbourne Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wellington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ewhurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Ewhurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ewhurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Melbourne Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Melbourne Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gladstone Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Wellington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Riley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bus/Coach Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Bus/Coach Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Riley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Riley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Newmarket Terrace
Sep 2025Other theft Newmarket Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Elm Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elm Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Franklin Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Inverness Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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